[01] Bildt: ``We're going to see an endless succession of Balkan wars..."

``We talked about cooperation, methods of work and (ways of) helping
the Hague tribunal... We discussed how to reach better results in our
investigation process which would prove the objectivity of the Hague
tribunal to the people from these regions... We also raised the possibility
of opening an office in Republika Srpska (the Serb republic in Bosnia)...
We are trying to work in an independent and impartial way, but there are
great expectations from the tribunal and they cannot be fulfilled all
at the same time,'' Blewit commented on the activities of tribunal and
his talks. ``I am very convinced that we will demonstrate we are not
working politically, but that we are basing our work on proof.''

``We're going to see an endless succession of Balkan wars in the years
to come if you accept partition as the instrument to achieve short-term
stability (in Bosnia)... It is a recipe for long-term turmoil in an
important part of Europe and an important part of the world,'' High
Representative for Bosnia Carl Bildt said in an interview.

``We started (four months ago) in a position where Bosnia, with the
exception of Korea, was the most divided, the most partitioned country
that there was... We still have a situation where you can't make a
telephone call from one part of the country to the other, where you can't
drive cars because both (sides) are refusing to accept car registration
plates from the other side. It is still a heavily partitioned country.''

According to some diplomats in Sarajevo, major powers are resigned to
B&H's partition.

``The presence of Karadzic...is poisoning the entire political atmosphere,
apart from being a major provocation against the peace agreement itself
and the international community... There are limits to how long I think
the international community should tolerate that,'' Bildt commented.

``Under the U.N. resolution we have the right to reimpose U.N. sanctions on
these two entities... That is an option that is always there...Sanctions are
always a possibility, but our approach right now is to solve the problems
first,'' acting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State John Kornblum told
reporters in Sarajevo on Monday.

``A system has been established for a step-by-step enhancement of freedom
of movement based on the provisions of the Dayton agreement... I think
this process is a sufficient one as far as it goes but we did agree that
there needs to be more of an action focus...to make sure that the process
works even better.''

"The court at The Hague is the right therapy to cure this disease of
genocide and ethnic cleansing," Bosnian Vice President Ejup Ganic said.
"This is a historic moment... Unfortunately, the main engineers of genocide
are not there..."

"I think that Dusko Tadic is a small fish in this whole story," said Mirsad
Fazlic, 24. "I think the people who are supposed to be there are Radovan
Karadzic and Ratko Mladic."

"It is positive that any trial has started, but I will believe the tribunal
only when all those who have committed war crimes are punished," commented
Bosnian Army Gen. Arif Pasalic.

"He [Tadic] should be released, if there is justice," said Jadranka Zivic,
45, a Bosnian Serb from Pale. "I am left speechless by what the tribunal
does."

"They put the blame on an innocent man," said Vlajko Perisic, 47. "That's
unfair. ... I don't recognize that court, they are obviously with the other
side."

"It's the shame of the world, that court," said Cedo Vukadin, 55, Serb.

Bosnian Prime Minister Hasan Muratovic said, "There is a feeling from many
Bosnians that real peace won't be forthcomming until Bosnian Serb leader
Radovan Karadzic and his general, Ratko Mladic, are brought to justice,
along with their henchmen."

"You cannot keep an audience, so to speak, at the stadium, starting the game
with local players. You must bring the main players there if you want to keep
their attention," said Ganic. "Not all of Bosnian victims of Serb ethnic
cleansing will get their day in court. For them the only true justice will
be realized when Karadzic and Mladic are in the dock, alongside the little
fish."
"We are pleased to see this process moving forward. Unfortunately the main
engineers of genocide in Bosnia are not there and I think that Karadzic and
Mladic should be there soon, and I hope the international community, as the
story starts at The Hague, speeds up the process to bring Karadzic and Mladic
over there," said Ganic.

Sarajevo, May 7, 1996 (Press TWRA)

US assistant under-secretary
of State for Europe and the US ambassador to the Contact group
Robert Frasure, the US Air Force general, assistant of the
National security council Samuel Nelson Drew and assistant
undersecretary for Europe and Canada to Pentagon Joseph Kruzel as
well as a UNPROFOR FRENCHBAT soldier were killed at Mt. Igman last
year when their personnel carrier crashed into abyss, rolling over
for about four hundred meters along the road running into trees,
flying over a curve, countinued gliding and finally exploded. It,
however, was not an accident, caused by rockslides on the road,
as officially stated, but by the UN French armoured personnel
carrier which escorted and pushed the vehicle with the Americans,
into the abyss when, apart from four persons who were killed,
three Americans and three Frenchmen were injured. That is the
account of the witness, the B-H army soldier Salih Kere\ who along
with five more soldiers of the 104th brigade saved the US gen.
Wesley Clark and was awarded the US medal for courage on Oct
4,1995.The Sarajevo daily "Oslobo-enje" released the interview
with Kere\. He offers the US medal for sale in exchange for
several thousands of USD. As he lives in poverty, he asked the US
Embassy to Sarajevo to be given any job but received no reply.
(end) A.S,

Sarajevo, May 7, 1996 (Press TWRA)

Bosnian president Izetbegovi5
called yesterday the USA to remove the Serb terrorist leaders in B-
H, R. Mladi5 and R. KaradWi5 who have remained on the positions of
military and political heads of the Serb entity in B-H. In the
appeal, reported by AFP, Izetbegovi5 reminds that KaradWi5 and
Mladi5 are the persons being under two ICTY indictments for
genocide and the most severe crimes, and claims that it is
impossible to make any progress in Serb entity in B-H and obtain
any political solution until the two of them in the position to
affect the occurrences. (end) A.S.

Sarajevo, May 7, 1996 (Press TWRA)

International police (IPTF)
informed on more frequent incidents in either B-H entity in which
both victims and perpetrators of the crimes are of the same
nationality, so the motives of the terrorism are not of ethnic
nature. Two cases are mentioned. In Bosnian controlled town of
Zavidovi5i, north of central Bosnia, a bomb planted under a car
exploded Sunday, killing its owner, a refugee who returned from
Slovenia. In a bomb explosion in a restaurant of the biggest town
of Serb entity, Banjaluka, a cook lost his foot. (end) A.S.

According to the recent USIA surveys, nationalist Bosnian Serb leadership
is popular more than ever before. Radovan Karadzic has the approval rate
of 68%, up from 63%, a year before, while Gen. Ratko Mladic approval went
up from 87% to 93%.

"Mladic is untouchable in terms of popularity... Karadzic has his critics
but he is still in firm control of the party and the police, which are the
only two institutions that matter now the army is back in barracks... The
Banja Luka gambit looks an elaborate exercise in wishful thinking. But
this is Bosnia. Anything can happen," said western aid worker with long
experience in Bosnia.

Mostar, May 8, 1996 (Press TWRA)

Assembly of the Neretva canton
appointed the Canton Government, on the session held in the seat
of EUAM in Mostar, and whose members were agreed by HDZ (Croatian
democratic union) and SDA (Party of democratic action). Prime
Minister of the Canton Government is Srecko Vucina and Vice-
President (Bosniak) will be named within a week period. Finance
Minister is Amela Pedisa (Vice-Minister is Josip Prskalo),
Minister of Interior is Valentin Coric (Sefija Dziho), Minister of
science, culture, education and sport is Marin Topic (Mehmed
Dizdar), Minister of Justice is Damir Sudovic (Ivo Bradvica),
Minister of traffic is Zvonimir Trlin (Hamo Maslesa), Minister of
construction and urbanism is Hamdija Jahic (Zeljko Obradovic),
Minister of work and social protection is Senad Rahimic (Ljubo
Zovko), Minister of trade and tourism is Mihajlo Butigan (Salih
Hadzic), Minister of energetic is Mehmed Saric (Matan Zaric),
Minister of health is Hrvoje Gardevski (Alija Suko). (end) A.S.

Sarajevo, May 8, 1996 (Press TWRA)

British General Sir Michael
Walker, IFOR ground-forces Commander, criticized the speech of
President Izetbegovic made during his visit to Gorazde last week.
Izetbegovic stated: "We will return to all areas from where we
have been expelled. Our fight will last for as long as the whole
Bosnia is not liberated. Our children will liberate whole Bosnia-
Herzegovina."

"It is not a view-point we expect at the this stage of thepeace-process", M. Walker said during his visit to Gorazde. (end)
A.S.

The Hague, May 8, 1996 (Press TWRA)

Prosecutor Grant Niemann
read in 60 minutes a summary of the charge raised against D. Tadic
who could be sentenced to life imprisonment if his crimes are
confirmed. The process is headed by Gabrielle Kirk McDonald,
Texas, U.S.A. The members of Court Board are Stephen Ninian
(Australia) and Datuk Lal Vohrah (Malaysia). ICTY President,
Antonio Cassese said the process against Tadic presents a
beginning of the new justice activity for - opposite to the
Eichmann or Barbie process - this is an international Court in
which winners do not judge losers.
In a telephone statement for the Netherland TV, Tadic (owner of a
cafe, instructor and karate master) said:" Everything that was
said about me is false. Prosecutor took it all for granted without
taking enough time to verify any of the accusations seriously."
Among four Tadic's defenders there is Michail Wladimiroff, paid by
ICTY for his name figures on the list of the officially appointed
lawyers. Wladimiroff pointed out Tadic, father of two daughters,
is being exposed to criminal process instead of those who are
responsible for them - politicians. Tadic's defenders proposed 36
witnesses while prosecutors some 30 of them and who are all
convinced Tadic is the person responsible for serious crimes
committed in the camp of Omarska. Opposite to witnesses to
prosecution, who are in position to testify without revealing
their identity, Tadic requests for witnesses to defense an
additional procedure - providing of a satellite connection, a
privilege ensured to U.S. President Clinton during the Watergate
affair. This request is probably motivated by the fear of some of
the witnesses they could join Tadic in the dock for they were also
involved in the crimes. (end) A.S.

Ankara, May 5,1996 (Press TWRA)

2OO soldiers from B-H will
arrive this month to Turkey for military training financed by the
Turkish Government, stated Turkish general Erol Ozkasnak. The
training for the members of ground forces will last for three
month, and the whole program will cost about $2 million. The
training is part of agreement on military cooperation between B-H
and Turkey signed in January. The purchase of military equipment
is also part of agreement so that Turkey will probably sell some
armed vehicles to B-H.
(end) S.K.

Zagreb, May 5,1996 (Press TWRA)

In an interview for Zagreb's
weekly "Globus" dr. Haris Silajdyic, former Prime Minister of B-H
and President of new "Party for B-H" talked about political
situation in B-H. TWRA reports part of the interview.

"In London, at Royal Institute, i.e. Chethamhouse, I gave adiscourse on 'Integration and sovereignty of Bosnia-Herzegovina as
a Dayton priority". The inversion of the priorities has occurred.
They insist on internal demarcation lines, and not on external
borders, which is absurd since the external borders protect that
demarcation lines too. Today the demarcation lines became inter-
state borders; the consequence is two different situations: one is
de Facto, and the other de lure. The usual solution for such
situation is war, especially if these two situations become
completely divergent. (...) If the signal is sent to Serbs that
they can leave with Serbian entity, the circles in Croatia who
supported creation of national territory in B-H will take their
share. If it comes to that the division on two parts will not
happened. That will be division on three parts. And the following
will happened: Croatian side will leave for Croatia, Serbian for
Serbia, and Bosniaks Muslims will stay in sandwich, squeezed
between these two blocks, as one big Srebrenica, expecting to
sooner or later to happen the same thing as in Srebrenica. That
will turn Bosniaks Muslims into their own opposition. Instead of
polyvalentness, openness, tolerance, the mentality of occlusion,
fear and paranoia, and in order to survive they will start to
imitate their surrounding. Mimicry is natural, and the need for
self-protection and survival could force Bosniaks Muslims to do
just that. Bosniaks must not get impression that someone wants to
compress them on a small territory in order to destroy them. That
will create great problems for everyone. The push Bosniak element
away from Stolac and sea to inside provokes such thoughts. That
destabilizes the whole region, and than there will be no peace, no
Dayton. (...) That is (war) the final solution. Bosnia and
Herzegovina is organic unity. The attempt to alter history is a
sad thing. They talk about Croatian kings in Bosnia. The problem
is that those kings did not know they were Croatian kings. They
called themselves Bosnian kings. Some of them were bogumils, some
Catholics, but they were Bosnian kings. Now it seems that they
were not well informed whose kings they were. There is no bigger
crime than to falsify history. That is all we have, whether we
want it or not, we have only history, because we do not know what
is the future. By falsifying history we falsify our only reality.
(...) The B-H borders neither exist since yesterday, nor they are
administrative lines drawn by some super power. Bosnia is organic
unity: the historic maps clearly testify about that". (end) S.K.